In mid-July, a large study out of South Korea seemed to suggest that children over the age of 10 spread coronavirus even more than adults do; this update to the same study clarifies otherwise:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/14/health/older-children-and-the-coronavirus-a-new-wrinkle-in-the-debate.html …
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Original article; almost 400,000 shares on Facebook alone. Correction? Not even a thousand shares, yet. It wasn't just the NYT, and how many will not even correct? I don't know how many kids are denied safe schooling and parents now overly-anxious because of the rushed reporting.pic.twitter.com/PCjkxM99Vv
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It is difficult for me to recall reckless scientific communication on any other single study which seems likely to have done as much damage as this case. Experts were consulted and I think it's fair to say they did not spend the time that giving an opinion should have required.
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EXACTLY! But scientists such as
@BallouxFrancois that highlighted even the original errors were quickly shut down as mansplaining and encouraging child murder.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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